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relict of Capt. James Roberts, formerly of the port of Bristol.

Dec. 31. At Newent, aged 4, MaryFrances, dau. of the late Richard Edward Legge, esq.

Lately. At Cheltenham, Harriett, eldest dau. of the late Wm. Rawlins, esq. of Pophill House, Warwick.

At Cheltenham, Thomas Lewis Coker, esq. of Bicester House, Oxfordshire.

Jan. 1. At Brock worth, aged 80, Henry Yates Jones, esq.

Aged 82, at Bourton, the residence of her nephew, Sir James Buller East, Bart. M.P. Dorothy, last surviving dau. of the late Joseph Chaplin Hankey, esq. of East Bergholt, Suffolk.

Jan. 4. At Cheltenham, Anne, eldest and last surviving dau. of the late Rev. Hugh Price, Rector of Rettendon and Little Ilford, Essex.

Jan. 5. At Minchinhampton, aged 69, Mary-Elizabeth, relict of John Leadam, esq. of Tooley-st. Southwark.

At Clifton, aged 74, Charles McDowall, esq. formerly of Bristol.

Jan. 12. Aged 95, Richard Hartwell, esq. of Clifton.

At Cheltenham, aged 74, Isaac Spooner, esq.

HANTS. - Dec. 11. At Bransbury House, aged 20, Edward Tory Mackrell, second son of the late William Mackrell, esq. of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.

Dec. 14. At West Meon, aged 95, Mrs. Sibley, widow of Joseph Sibley, esq.

Dec. 15. At Fareham, Harriet, relict of John Lawrence, esq. of Norwood, Surrey.

Dec. 17. At East Cosham House, aged 76, Jane-Ellen, relict of Adm. Paterson.

Dec. 19. At Romsey, Charlotte-Christiana, wife of the Rev. J. D. Money, Rector of Sternfield, Suffolk. She was the third dau. of the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel, by Sophia, dau. of Sir Lucius O'Brien, of Drumoland, Bart. was married in 1832, and had a numerous family.

Aged 22, Frances-Mary, second dau. of Thomas Dyer, esq. surgeon, Ringwood.

Dec. 20. At Southampton, aged 86, James Fisher, esq. formerly Lieut.-Col. of the 62d Reg.

Dec. 21. At Bishop's Waltham, at an advanced age, Sarah, relict of Daniel Jonas, esq.

Martha-Jane, wife of Charles Castleman, esq. of St. Ive's house.

Dec. 22. Aged 62, Mrs. Twynam, wife of Dr. Twynam, of Knowle-hill, near Bishopstoke. This unfortunate lady, who had been for some time in a state of mental depression, destroyed herself by discharging the contents of a gun through

her head. nity.

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Dec. 23. Aged 56, Mr. Henry Rooke, of Rockbourne, eldest son of the late George Rooke, esq. of Pertwood, Wilts.

Dec. 25. At Bournemouth, CharlesArcher, youngest surviving son of the late James Croft Brooke, esq. of Littlethorpe, near Ripon, Yorkshire.

Dec. 27. Aged 19, Cordelia, dau. of Thos. and Elizabeth Grant, of Broomey Cottage, in the New Forest.

Dec. 30. At Fareham, aged 72, Elizabeth, relict of James Bogue, esq.

Dec. 31. At Southampton, aged 69, Mrs. Ralfe, wife of James Ralfe, esq. Winchester.

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Lately. At Ewer Common, near Gosport, Commander Benj. Bayntun. was a Lieutenant of 1810.

Jan. 5. At Southampton, William Tanfield Macdonald, only son of W. P. Tomlins, esq. of Her Majesty's Customs, having only survived his sister one day.

Jan. 6. Aged 95, Mrs. Ventham, mother of John Ventham, esq. of Winchester. Jan. 8. At Southampton, aged 45, Thomas Chudleigh, esq.

Jan. 9. Aged 75, Mrs. Butt, wife of Alderman Butt, of Winchester.

Jan. 12. At Ryde, I. W. aged 39, Edwin Dempster Littlejohns, esq.

William Dowling, esq. of Wallop. HEREFORD.-Dec. 31. At Homend, near Ledbury, aged 74, Edward Poole,

esq.

Lately. John Rogers, esq. one of the senior Aldermen of Hereford.

HERTS.-Dec. 10. At Bengeo, Harriet, relict of Edward Palmer, esq. formerly of Snailwell, Cambridgeshire.

At St. Alban's, aged 38, Anthony Browne Story, esq.

Dec. 15. At King's Walden, aged 34, Thomas, son of the late Rev. John Hull, Standon, Beds.

Dec. 27. Aged 77, Elizabeth, relict of John Butler, esq. of Royston.

Dec. 28. At St. Alban's, aged 89, Richard Kentish, esq.

Lately. At Stansted House, near Ware, Mary, relict of the late Wm. Booth, esq. distiller. She was the youngest dau. of the late J. Williamson, esq. banker, at Baldock.

KENT.-Dec. 11. At Farnham, RoseAnn, eldest dau. of the late Rev. George Fletcher, M.A. of Beckenham, Kent.

Dec. 17. At Faversham, aged 63, Mar. tha, wife of the Rev. James Stade, Curate of Luddenham.

Dec. 18. At Greenwich, aged 58, Nathaniel Thompson, esq.

Dec. 20. At Dover, aged 43, Mr. C. A. F. Bouverie, surgeon.

At Margate, aged 24, Mary Dirs, second

surviving dau. of Herman William Mertens, esq. formerly of Lower Clapton.

Dec. 25. At Margate, aged 14, MaryAnnette, only dau. of G. H. Hoffman, esq. Dec. 26. At Shooter's-hill, aged 67, Mrs. Elizabeth Dillon Gibbons, wife of Thomas Gibbons, esq. formerly of the Ordnance.

At Dover, aged 25, Elizabeth-Anne, eldest dau. of J. B. Knocker, esq.

Dec. 28. Charlotte, wife of Wm. Keats, of Forest-hill, Sydenham.

Jan. 2. Aged 24, Frederic, youngest son of Thomas Hooker, esq. Jewel House, Marden.

Jan. 4. At Lee, Kent, aged 46, Charles Hewitt Sams, esq.

Jan. 6. Elizabeth-Oakley, wife of the Rev. Charles Fielding, Vicar of Headcorn.

Jan. 8. At Tunbridge Wells, aged 80, Dame Charlotte, widow of Sir Thomas Gage, Bart. She was the daughter of John Hook Campbell of Bangeston House, co. Pembroke (uncle to John first Earl Cawdor), by Eustachia, eldest daughter and coheir of Francis Basset of Heanton Court, co. Devon, esq. She became the second wife of Sir Thomas Gage in 1796, and was left his widow in 1798, having bad issue two daughters.

Jan. 10. At Maidstone, aged 31, Elizabeth, wife of William Hoar, esq. of that place, surgeon, and eldest dau. of the late Edward Young, esq. of Hawkhurst. LANCASTER.-Dec. 21. Aged 72, Samuel Kay, esq. of Manchester, solicitor.

Dec. 29. At Worseley Old Hall, aged 44, Elizabeth-Mary, wife of James Loch, esq. M.P.

Jan. 5. At Broad Oak, Accrington, Grace, wife of John Hargreaves, esq. and only surviving dau. of William Brown, esq. M.P. for South Lancashire.

Jan. 9. At Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, Pattison Ellames, esq.

Jan. 10. At Atherton, James-Brydges, second son of the late Stephen Curtis, esq. of London.

LINCOLNSHIRE.- Nov. 7. At Lincoln, aged 73, Hannah-Maria, relict of Wm. Hurd Robinson, esq. who for many years held the office of Under-Sheriff for the county, and whose father, Robert Mitchel Robinson, esq. of Hauthorpe House, served High Sheriff of the county in 1791.

Dec. 17. At Louth, aged 75, Elizabeth, relict of Sapsford Harrold, esq. of Utterby House. Her death was accelerated by accidentally swallowing an embrocation.

Jan. 1. At Stamford, Charlotte, widow of William Slater, esq. of Thorney, Cambridgeshire.

Jan. 3. At Saleby Vicarage, aged 82, Elizabeth, relict of Arthur Mackie, esq. M.D. of Lewisham, Kent.

MIDDLESEX.-Dec. 6. Aged 50, Miss Anna Margaretta Reynolds, of the Butts, Brentford.

Dec. 17. On Chiswick Mall, Mary, wife of J. Clark, esq.

Dec. 20. At Tottenham, Betsy-Rogers, wife of Charles Browne, esq. late UnderSecretary to Her Majesty's Excise.

Jan. 9. At Enfield Old Park, aged 71, Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. Thomas Winchester Lewis.

MONMOUTH.-Dec. 6. At Pontypool, aged 72, W. Llewellin, esq.

NORFOLK.-Dec. 9. At Hopton, aged 39, John Edward Lacon, esq. of Ormesby House.

Dec. 16. At Great Yarmouth, Francis, son of Samuel Paget, esq.

Dec. 25. At Norwich, Susanna, wife of the Rev. Henry Symonds, Precentor, and dau. of the Rev. Edward South Thurlow, late Canon of Norwich, and Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham.

At Keswick, near Norwich, aged 61, Henry Birkbeck, esq.

Jan. 12. At Great Yarmouth, Elizabeth, relict of William Mason, esq. of Necton Hall.

NORTHAMPTON. - Jan. 3. FrancesAnn, dau. of Mrs. Rice, of Northampton, and grand-dau. of Major Ogilvie, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and late of Hemmingford Abbot's, Hunts.

NORTHUMBERLAND. Dec. 30. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 51, James Reid, esq. Belgian Consul at that port.

NOTTS.-Dec. 7. At Nuthall rectory, Frances-Barbara, wife of the Hon. and Rev. John Vernon. She was the second daughter of the late Thomas Duncombe, esq. of Copgrove, Yorkshire, by Emma, eldest dau. of Dr. Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough, was married in 1830, and had issue an only son, who died an infant.

Jan. 8. At Mansfield, aged 44, JaneMaria, eldest dau. of the late Robert Shurlock, esq. of Stoke next Guildford.

OXFORD.-Dec. 11. At the residence of her daughter, Louisa, relict of Philip Lybbe Powys, esq. of Hardwick House, Oxfordshire, eldest dau. and co-heiress of the late Richard Mitchell, esq. of Culham-court, Berks.

Dec. 19. At Oxford, Charles Lewes Parker, M.A. of Wadham College, Surgeon to the Radcliffe Infirmary.

Jan. 5. At Oxford, in consequence of being thrown from his carriage, aged 57, Edward Cumming Quicke, esq. B.C.L. one of the Senior Fellows of New College, and third son of the late John Quicke, esq. of Newton St. Cyres. Mr. Quicke had been a Fellow of New College between 30 and 40 years. He was almost the last of his race at Oxford, having long been

celebrated as a famous whip. From the nature of this melancholy accident he may be almost said to have died in harness. Whilst driving his usual steady pace he met a horse in a dog-cart coming at full speed; Mr. Quicke pulled aside, but a collision taking place, he was thrown out, and received injuries on his head. At first he was progressing favourably towards recovery, but a change took place which terminated fatally.

RUTLAND.

Dec. 26. At Oakham, aged 32, Eliza, second dau. of the late Rev. W. W. Layng, Vicar of Harrowden, Northamptonsh.

SALOP.-Dec. 11. At Newport, Charles Morris, esq. one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace and Deputy-Lieut. of the counties of Salop and Stafford.

Dec. 21. At Cremore House, near Wem (from a fall from his horse whilst coursing), Henry Burnley, esq. formerly of Birkenhead.

SOMERSET.-Dec. 8. At Bath, aged 89, Sarah, only surviving sister of the late Rev. Canon Gould.

At the residence of his father, John Hayward, esq. second son of Richard Hayward, esq. of West Chinnock, near Crewkerne.

Dec. 13. At Bath, aged 71, James Beck, esq. for many years a banker at Coventry, and formerly a Captain in the Scotch Greys. He married Miss Adams of Ansty Hall, Warwickshire, sister to the late C. Adams, esq. by whom he leaves several children.

Dec. 17. At Bath, Mrs. Garrett, widow of William Garrett, esq.

At Bath, aged 63, William Dampier, esq. of Bruton, formerly a Capt. in her Majesty's 40th regt.

At Ilminster, C. H. Mules, esq. M.D. Dec. 20. Aged 83, Anne, widow of Peter Daniel, esq. of Yeovil.

Dec. 22. At Bath, Catherine, widow of Henry Sockett, esq. late of that city, and formerly of Swansea.

At Bath, aged 67, Mary Dorothy Whately, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Dr. Whately, of Nonsuch Park, Surrey.

Dec. 30. At Rumwell, near Taunton, aged 42, Abel Easton, esq. late of Strathfieldsaye.

Lately. In Bath, aged 104, William Harvey, one of the band at the last ball given by the officers of the Royal George before that noble vessel was capsized.

At Bath, aged 79, Elizabeth Hutchinson Phillips, dau. of the late Capt. David Phipps, R.N.

Jan. 7. At Taunton, aged 83, Clement Drake, esq.

STAFFORD.-Dec. 12. Aged 45, G. S. Kenrick, esq. of West Bromwich.

Jan. 5.

Charlotte-Mary, wife of the

Rev. John Molyneux Crockett, of Tatenhill, and eldest dau. of the Rev. Blackley Cooper, Rector of Lewcombe, and Vicar of Yetminster, Dorset.

Jan. 8. At Burton-on-Trent, aged 75, Mrs. Edward Hodson.

SUFFOLK.-Lately. At Brandon Hall, Michael Edward Rogers, esq. late of the 8th Hussars.

Jan. 15. At Benhall, much respected, in her 87th year, Mary, relict of Samuel Toller, gent.

SURREY.-Dec. 23. At Farnham, aged 67, Ann, relict of the Rev. J. Johnson. Dec. 24. At Wimbledon, aged 77, Peter Mac Evoy, esq.

Dec. 29. Louisa, wife of Samuel Clement, of Surbiton, and dau. of the late William Paley, barrister-at-law.

Jan. 2. At Wimbledon, aged 31, Edward E. Pigott, esq. youngest son of John Pigott, esq. of Capard, Queen's County, Ireland.

Jan. 12. Aged 23, Annie, wife of Henry Back, esq. of Garbrand Hall, Ewell, and dau. of Robert Gardner, esq. of Manchester.

SUSSEX.-Dec. 11. At Chichester, aged 70, Capt. E. M. Brown, late of the 23rd Foot.

Dec. 14. At Brighton, aged 43, Sidney John Smith, e q. of the East India House, and Camden Grove, Kensington, only son of James Smith, esq. of Crescent-place, New Bridge-st.

Dec. 15. At Brighton, aged 94, Mary, relict of Henry Sutton, esq. of Kentish Town.

Dec. 16. At Eastbourne, aged 52, Miss Charlotte Emly.

Dec. 19. At Brighton, aged 87, John Gordon Haven, esq. formerly Major of the 50th Regt.

Dec. 20. At Brighton, aged 66, George Drysdale, esq. M.D. R.N.

At Kemp Town, aged 48, Mr. Sidney Walsingham Bennett, solicitor, of Middlest. Brighton.

Dec. 25. At Woolbeding, aged 74, Frances-Ann, second dau. of the late Hon. E. Bouverie, M.P. for Northampton, and sister to Edward Bouverie, esq. Delapre Abbey.

Jan. 1. At Brighton, aged 60, Charlotte, wife of Gen. Sir Charles B. Egerton, G.C.M.G. and only daughter of the late Adm. Sir Thomas Trowbridge. Bart. She was married in 1809, and had issue three sons.

At Brighton, aged 74, Rebecca, relict of Robert Whytt, esq. and dau. of the late Rev. John Lovekin, Rector of Colne Engaine, Essex.

Jan. 2. At Brighton, aged 65, George

Gunning, esq. late of Frindsbury, Kent, and on half-pay in the 1st Dragoon Guards.

At Bognor, aged 70, Anne, wife of Vice-Adm. Alexander W. Schomberg, and dau. of the late Rear-Adm. Richard Smith, of Poulton-cum-Seacum, Cheshire.

Jan. 9. At Worthing, Bessy, eldest dau. of the late John Burford, esq. of the India House.

Jan. 10. At St. Leonard's-on-Sea, aged 17, Amy-Mary, dau. of the Hon. Philip Stourton.

Jan. 11. At Brighton, aged 73, Elizabeth, relict of the Rev. Charles Bridger, Rector of Albourne and Twineham.

Jan. 14. At Clayton House, Brighton, aged 75, John King, esq.

WARWICK.-Dec. 6. At Leamington, aged 18, Felicia-Anna, fifth dau. of the Rev. Percival S. Wilkinson, of Mount Oswald, Durham.

Dec. 21. At Stratford-on-Avon, aged 76, Elizabeth, relict of William Izod, esq.

Jan. 5. At Longbridge House, near Warwick, aged 71, Marianne, only surviving dau. of the late Osborne Standert, esq.

At Allesley, Mary, relict of Thomas Osmond, esq. of Coventry.

Jan. 10. At Leamington, Henry Hunter, esq. late Capt. in the 5th Dragoon Guards.

WILTS.-Dec. 15. At Milford Grove, near Salisbury, Ann, wife of Sharp Thurlby,

esq.

At Marlborough, aged 57, HannahPenelope, only child of the late Robert Edward Ward, esq.

Jan. 7. At Warminster, aged 68, Stephen Francis Phelps, esq.

Jan. 11. At Trowbridge, aged 68, Sarah - Ann, widow of the Rev. Henry Page.

WORCESTER.-Dec. 17. At Harvington, aged 77, J. L. André, esq.

Lately. At Evesham, aged 76, Mary, widow of T. Caddick, esq. late of Tewkesbury.

Jan. 7. At Worcester, aged 83, John Goldingham, esq. F.R.S. late in the Hon. East India Company's service at Madras.

YORK.-Dec. 17. At Kirkleatham Hall, aged 34, Arthur Newcomen, esq.

Dec. 19. At Hessle, aged 56, Leonard Brooks Earnshaw, esq.

Dec. 20. At Knedlington, aged 74, Mrs. Jane Spofforth, mother of Thomas Clarke, esq. of Knedlington Hall, near Howden.

Dec. 23. At Whitwell, Eusebius Cleaver, esq. youngest and only surviving son of the late Edward Cleaver, esq. of Nunnington.

Aged 79, Miss Ramsay, of Acomb, near York.

Aged 73, William Horner, esq. solicitor, Bridlington.

Dec. 25. At Kirkella, aged 87, Mary, widow of Wm. Huntington, esq. of that place.

Aged 10, Henry, only son of Henry Casson, esq. Beverley-road, Hull. He died from the bite of a large dog of the St. Bernard breed, which he had been accustomed to feed, but which is supposed not to have known him from having new clothes on.

Dec. 27. At Beverley, aged 17, Ferdinand, son of John Bourke Ricketts, esq. of London.

At Woodhouse, near Leeds, aged 82, Mary, relict of Wm. Frobisher, esq. of Halifax, and mother of Mrs. William Hargrove, of York.

Jan. 4. At Leeds, aged 46, John Hepworth Hill, esq. barrister-at-law, and recorder of Pontefract. He was of Trinity college, Cambridge, B.A. 1825, M.A. 1826, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn 1829.

Jan. 6. At Wakefield, aged 52, Mr. George Crowther Lockwood, of the late firm of J. and G. Lockwood, merchants and shipowners, of Liverpool, and St. John, New Brunswick.

WALES.-Dec. 14. At Tenby, aged 64, George Richards, esq. of Cheltenham, late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Lately. At Kittle Hill, Gower, John G. Hancorne, esq.

SCOTLAND.-Dec. 14. At Aberdeen, Letitia-Margaret, youngest dau. of William Abercrombie, esq. late of Camberwell Grove.

Dec. 27. At Broomhill, Lasswade, Major James Aitchison, of the 28th Bengal N. Infantry; and on the 29th ult. AmeliaFrances-Paterson, his second dau.

Dec. 29. At Perth, Robert Blenkinsopp Coulson, esq. late Capt. in the Grenadier Guards, (by commission dated 29 July, 1836); third son of John Blenkinsopp Coulson, esq. of Blenkinsopp Castle, Northumberland, by Alicia-Frances-Forth, dau. of the Rev. Gustavus Hamilton, and great-granddaughter of Gustavus Viscount

Boyne.

Jan. 3. At Edinburgh, aged 56, Alpina, third dau. of the late Capt. John Macdonell, of Leek, Inverness-shire, N.B.

IRELAND. Dec. 5. At Cork Barracks, aged 29, Peter Thomas Gunning, assist.-surgeon in the 12th Royal Lancers, youngest son of the Rev. George Gunning, of Iron Acton, Glouc.

Dec. 6. At Dublin, Mr. Nicholas Murray Mansfield, late proprietor of the Dublin Evening Packet.

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Dec. 22. In Lurnabarson, near Pomeroy, aged 115, Mary M'Garraty. many weeks since she was known to spin a hank of yarn daily.

Jan. 11. At Corville, Roscrea, Elizabeth, wife of the Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie, brother to Lord Dunalley. She was the only dau. of the late Right Hon. George Ponsonby, by Lady Mary Butler, eldest dau. of Brinsley second Earl of Lanesborough; was married in 1803, and had issue three sons and three daughters.

EAST INDIES.-Aug. 21. At Umballah, of fever, Augustus Bulstrode Darling, of the 3rd Light Dragoons, youngest son of the late Lieut. George Darling, 24th Foot.

Sept. 27. At Lahore, aged 24, Hosier Gell Grayling, surgeon 14th Irregular Cavalry, youngest son of Thomas Grayling, esq. Longport, Canterbury.

Sept. 29. At Madras, aged 22, William Bennett, Lieut. 15th Hussars, second son of the late William Bennett, esq. of Faringdon House, Berkshire.

Oct. 8. At Mooltan, Scinde, in the camp of Lieut. Edwardes, aged 33, Lieut. Wilmot Christopher, of the Indian Navy, of wounds received on the 9th Sept. while guiding some of her Majesty's troops (to whom the localities were unknown) in a night attack on the fortifications of the enemy.

Oct. 18. At Meerut, aged 18, Cornet David Henry Hill, 5th Bengal Light Cavalry, son of David Hill, esq. Sussexsq. Hyde Park.

Oct. 25. At Nainee Thal, George Thomas Lushington, esq. Commissioner of the Province of Kumaon, third son of the Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, of Norton Court, near Faversham.

Nov. 1. At Umballah, Bengal, Major George Templer, son of the late Col. Henry Templer, of Teignmouth, and A.D.C. to Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, K.C.B.

Nov. 8. At Bombay, aged 32, Capt. E. J. Brown, Bengal Eng. Secretary to the Governor in Scinde, third son of R. Brown, esq. East Dorne House, Bognor.

Nov. 15. At Kurrachee, aged 32, Capt. Stephenson Brown, of the 8th (the King's) Regiment, youngest son of the Rev. C. Brown, Rector of Whitestone, Devon.

In India, Mr. D. H. Williams, son of Mr. D. Williams, mineral surveyor, of Swansea. He was mineral surveyor to the Government, and, previous to his re

sidence in India, acted as an assistant to Sir H. de la Beche, in the geological survey of Great Britain. He had been in India about four years, and died of jungle fever, having three days before had a fall from his elephant.

WEST INDIES.-Sept. 29. At St. Thomas's, West Indies, after suffering shipwreck at Granada, aged 22, John Malmsbury Kirby, eldest son of the late Rev. J. M. Kirby, B.D. Chaplain of the Stourbridge union, and Second Master of the Grammar School, Stourbridge.

Oct. 23. At Dominica, William James, eldest son of Dr. Agnew, M.D. of Bristol.

Oct. 24. Aged 26, Assistant-Surgeon William C. Torrance (1845), of the Royal Naval Hospital, Port Royal, Jamaica. He was eldest son of Collector Torrance, of the Excise, Greenock.

Oct. 25. At Barbados, aged 21, William Robert Pyne, of 66th Foot, eldest son of the Rev. William Pyne, Rector of Pitney, Somerset.

Nov. 13. At Barbados, in his 24th year, Francis William Astley, esq. Capt. of the 66th Reg. He was the third and youngest son of the Rev. Francis Astley, Rector of Everleigh and Manningford Abbot's, Wilts, and of Mary-Anne-Newdigate Astley his wife, and nephew to the late Sir John Astley, Bart. He had acquired the esteem and attachment of his brother officers, and is deeply lamented by his afflicted family.

Nov. 16. At Bridgetown, Barbados, at the Clarence Hotel, of which she had been proprietress for many years (and which received its name from having enjoyed the presence of the Duke of Clarence), Miss Eliza Howard Austin, better known, perhaps, as "Miss Betsy Austin." Amusing incidents are chronicled of her in the pages of Marryat's "Peter Simple," "Tom Cringle's Log," and other naval writers.

Nov. 22. At Barbados, aged 32, Capt. John Thomas Hope, of the 72nd Reg. eldest son of the late Gen. Sir John Hope.

Nov. 28. At Barbados, aged 27, Capt. Henry Rice, 72nd Reg. second son of Edward Rice, esq. M P.

ABROAD.-July 18. At Sidney, New South Wales, aged 79, Alexander Macleay, esq. formerly Secretary of the Transport Board and of the Linnean Society, lately Secretary of the colony above-mentioned, and first Speaker of the Legislative Council. Aug. 25. On board the Mary Anne, on his passage to England, on sick certificate, aged 42, Sir Charles Wentworth Burdett, Bart. Capt. 41st Madras Native Infantry. He succeeded his uncle Sir Charles-Windham, the 5th Baronet, in He married in 1834 his cousin the

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